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Health Commissioner's Order No. 8 (Phase I Reopening)

Order replacing Orders 1-7 and adopting the Phase I Reopening Standards and Guidance

Fredrick Echols, M.D., Director of Health and Hospitals/Health Commissioner · City of St. Louis, Missouri (City)

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Jurisdiction
City of St. Louis, Missouri · St. Louis · Missouri
Level
City
Authority
Charter of the City of St. Louis art. XIII, § 14-C(c); 19 CSR 20-20.050(c)
Issued
2020-05-11 May 11, 2020
Effective
2020-05-18 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-05-18)
End
Until rescinded; amended by Orders 9-17; rescinded by Order No. 18 (May 14, 2021) (read as 2021-05-14)
In force
May 18, 2020 to May 14, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • individuals
  • all businesses
  • specific business categories (offices, hotels, manufacturing, retail, restaurants and bars, personal services, transportation, churches, child care, parks)
Functions reached
  • SF sales floor (State capacity limits)
  • DR dining
  • BQ banquet rooms closed
  • FC gyms closed
  • EMP screening, masks, distancing
  • GATH ≤10
  • MK events
  • CB
Collection
St. Louis MET-STL

Operative words

This Order No. 8 shall replace previous Health Commissioner Orders 1-7 upon the occurrence of benchmarks specified herein.... allow certain businesses to continue operating conditioned on compliance with general and business-specific operating standards and guidance included in, and attached to this Order;... allow certain other business to reopen conditioned on compliance...; continue to prohibit certain other businesses from operating until a future point in time... I HEREBY ISSUE THIS ORDER AND THE PHASE I STANDARDS AND GUIDANCE INCLUDING EXHIBITS ALL OF WHICH ARE ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY THIS REFERENCE.

Enforcement

Compliance with the attached standards is the condition of operating; RSMo § 192.320

Notes

The attached Phase I Standards (Ex. MET-STL-024) require face coverings for all persons 9 and older in public closed spaces, no social gatherings of more than 10, retail compliance with the State's capacity order, employee masks and daily screening, and keep ballrooms, banquet rooms, meeting rooms, gyms and fitness centers, playgrounds, pools and contact-sports facilities closed in Phase I.

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